Green+Tea+Chocolate+Balls

Description:
This is a simple recipe to make green tea chocolate balls with white chocolate. The sweetness of the white chocolate is well balanced by the bitterness of green tea powder. These green tea choaclate balls are also a great gift for Valentines Day gift.


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Ingredients:
1/2 lb. white chocolate finely chopped 2 tsp green tea powder 1 Tbsp of milk 1/4 of cup of heavy cream green tea powder for coating

How to make:
1. finely chop white chocolate and put it into a medium size bowl 2. put 2 Tbsp of green tea powder in small bowl 3. warm milk in microwave and pour of green tea powder 4. stir well put heavy cream in pan heat the cream on medium heat and stop before cream starts to boil 5. stir in the milk mixture 6. pour the hot cream over the white chocolate 7. melt the chocolate, stirring well 8. cool the chocolate mixture for about one hour in the room temperature 9. scoop the chocolate into about 1 1/2 inch balls and place them on a sheet of aluminium foil 10. cool them in a refrigerator for about one hour or until firm 11. round chocolate balls by hands and coat with green tea powder on a tray 12. cool green tea chocolate balls until firm

Recipe adapted from: http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanesedessertsweet/r/greenchocolate.htm